Bluetooth Low Energy Communication

Read from and write to Bluetooth® Low Energy peripheral devices

Bluetooth Low Energy (formerly known as Bluetooth Smart) is a wireless communication protocol that uses Bluetooth with low-power peripheral devices. These peripheral devices include fitness
trackers, health monitors, and personal electronics such as smartwatches or wireless
headphones. Bluetooth Low Energy communication support in MATLAB® is different from the Bluetooth Communication (Instrument Control Toolbox) interface in Instrument
Control Toolbox™.

The Bluetooth Low Energy interface is supported on these platforms:

macOS 10.13 High Sierra or later

Windows® 10, version 1709 or later

To connect to peripheral devices that support Bluetooth Low Energy, your computer needs to have a built-in or external Bluetooth 4.0 adapter. After you connect to a device, use MATLAB to read from or write data to it. You can work with both standard and custom
services, characteristics, and descriptors.

To learn more about the standards and specifications of Bluetooth Low Energy communication, see Bluetooth SIG.

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Scan for and connect to a Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral device. You can view the advertising data of each
device to determine the device type and whether it is connectable before creating a
connection.